![]() ![]() They took the babies out of incubators, took the incubators and left the children to die on the cold floor. While I was there, I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns. I was the youngest volunteer other women were from 20 to 30 years old. The second week after invasion, I volunteered at the Al-Adan Hospital with 12 other women who wanted to help, as well. I stayed behind and wanted to do something for my country. They barely escaped when their car was stuck in the desert, desert sand, and help came from Saudi Arabia. There was no milk available for the baby in Kuwait. … My sister, with my 5-day-old nephew, traveled across the desert to safety. Chairman and members of the committee, my name is Nayirah, and I just came out of Kuwait. On October 10th, 1990, the 15-year-old girl gave riveting testimony before Congress about the horrors inside Kuwait after Iraq invaded. The story centers on a young Kuwaiti woman named Nayirah. 5.ĪMY GOODMAN: We look back now at a largely forgotten aspect of Bush’s war on Iraq: the vast domestic propaganda campaign that occurred in the United States before the invasion began. media facilitated the war on Iraq with journalist John “Rick” MacArthur, president/publisher of Harper's Magazine, author of the book “Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War.” A largely forgotten aspect of Bush Sr.'s war on Iraq is the vast domestic propaganda effort before the invasion began. war on Iraq would continue for decades, first in the form of devastating sanctions and then in the 2003 invasion launched by George W. Although the Gulf War technically ended in February of 1991, the U.S. Bush, we look at the lasting impact of his 1991 invasion of Iraq and the propaganda campaign that encouraged it. ![]() ![]() NAYIRAH AL-SABAH testimony, later proved false.ġ991 Iraq Gulf War Propaganda, guest, John MacArthur, Harpers' Magazine. ![]()
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